Once language starts to develop from about age 2, they do have a system for symbolic representation and can talk about things which aren't in their immediate environment including the past.

一旦语言从2岁左右开始发展，他们就有了一个符号表征系统，可以谈论过去和现在环境之外的事情。

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In the symbolic system of document transmitting, im age symbols possess a special transmitting power, and it plays a major role in the popularity of academic knowledge and the education of the masses.

在“文献”的传播符号体系中，图像符号具有特殊的传播力，尤其是在学术文化知识的普及传播与大众教育方面，起着非常重要的作用。

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When consumers begin to place emphasis on symbolic meaning of goods besides practical function, we have inevitably come to the consumption age.

当消费者购买物品不只是为了其使用功能，而开始将之视为某种象徵意义时，我们无可避免地进入了消费时代。

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This lovely illuminant contrivance is perhaps symbolic of that golden age.

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One of the 16th century founders of the Jesuit order, Francis Xavier was a legendary missionary who spread the faith as far as India and Japan giving the new pope's name selection possibly further symbolic resonance in an age when the church is struggling to maintain its numbers.

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There is yet more symbolic action, with dancers and soft-focus new-age images.

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